AlphaClone helps investors do their homework

AlphaClone helps investors do their homework

AlphaClone, a web site that tracks investments made by prominent hedge funds and money managers, launched today to give other investors the insight they need to make good decisions of their own. Armed with the information found on the site, users should be able to virtually replicate the holdings of more than 230 high-profile funds — and then track their performance against a retinue of indexes and simulations.

For example, as a user, you can see… Continue Reading

Microsoft helps launch Zignals, another stock-trading site

Microsoft helps launch Zignals, another stock-trading site

Zignals is debuting today as a site to help ordinary investors trade stocks as intelligently as more sophisticated investors.

Based in Dublin, Ireland, Zignals lets individual investors set up a bunch of rules and conditions that make it easier for them to invest in a stock or sell it at the optimal time. The decision-support tools come with access to a financially-savvy investor community where users can get advice.

“It’s … for the people who are active… Continue Reading